Loaded handgun found on Inkster third-grader who said he was being bullied

12:12 AM,
Jan. 26, 2013

Written by

Chastity Pratt Dawsey
Detroit Free Press Education Writer

School officials found a loaded handgun Friday morning on a third-grader at Daly Elementary School in Inkster who said he had the weapon because he was being bullied, according to police.

The principal received a call about 8:30 a.m. warning that the boy was bringing a gun to school, and school officials met the boy at the entrance, said Val Hughes, executive director of instruction for the district.

Inkster Police Lt. Matt Allen said another student told a parent that the boy brought a gun to the school Thursday, and the parent in turn contacted the principal. The school is part of Westwood ...